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KutiMangoes

Afro-fire from Denmark, thrilling audiences from Copenhagen to South Korea and Africa.

Formed in 2012 by Gustav Rasmussen and Michael Blicher, The KutiMangoes respectfully took West African music and fused it with their own western musical backgrounds to create a new sound. From the beginning the band’s goal was not trying to play or sound like African musicians (how could they?) but all about mixing cultures to create a new, global expression.

Their latest album “Made in Africa” was released, recorded partly in Burkina Faso and Mali. It presents compositions based on traditional folk songs as well as completely original material and has received critical acclaim, been nominated for 2 Danish Grammy Awards and features on radio stations worldwide (RFI, BBC, WDR, WNYU). Documentary filmmaker Anders S. Jepsen joined The Kutimangoes on their trip and his film “Bamako Play” won the “Best mixed-genre documentary” at the New York Jazz Film Festival.

“Our mission is not to be musical anthropologists, but to create music together, to share music and unite people through music” – says Gustav Rasmussen and continues “This is one of the reasons we fell in love with African music – for its ability to unite the body, the heart and the ear, and for its tradition that unites everyone that takes part.”

. Winner of Danish Grammy for “Best World Music Album 2014”
. Winner of Danish Grammy for “Best World Music Track 2015”
. 9 time Danish Grammy nominee 2014 – 2018

“Great album! Very authentic and such great playing!” – BBC

“How unlikely that one of the hottest afro-jazz bands on the planet comes from Denmark. Authenticity is more a question of attitude than origin.” – Kieler Nachrichten (DE)